Comparison of HD media players..

The tables include WDTV LIVE, POPCORNHOUR, SEAGATE, PATRIOT AND NETGEAR. I didn't see mention of the Asus O!Play and only vague Apple TV killer references. There is a whole new crop coming out of China, so these tables will not last long.

http://gizmodo.com/5397986/hd-media-player-battlemodo-apple-tv-killers?skyline=true&s=x

Nice to see a feature table to compare various media players on the market... the formats and issues. Looks like Popcorn hour comes out on top.. but it's a bit pricey.

EGREAT EG-R1 (Realtek 1073 chipset) is not in the list...

Supports BD-ISO and BD9 (Blu-ray in DVD double layer when connected to a SATA DVD drive)

Regarding RBD:
http://www.highdefforum.com/high-definition-media/93423-china-officially-released-blu-ray-high-definition-products-cbhd-players-2.html

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4582/eg2g.jpg
http://www.egreatworld.com/en/ProductShow.asp?ID=173

Firmwares:
http://www.egreatworld.com/en/Download.asp?BigClassName=EG-R1%20firmware

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1513/eg1f.jpg (the price now is $129...)


Product Description

Video Output:
HDMI1.3 Resolutions:480P 576P 720P@50Hz 720P@60Hz 1080I@50Hz 1080I@60Hz 1080P@50Hz 1080P@60Hz
Y/Pb/Pr Resolution: 480P 576P 720P@50Hz 720P@60Hz 1080I@50Hz 1080I@60Hz 1080P@50Hz 1080P@60Hz

Composite Resolution: 576I@PAL 480I@NTSC

Audio Output:
Stereo, Digital Optical, Coaxial

2 USB Host

1 USB Slave:
Computer for data transfer (480Mb/s)

SATA, eSATA:
Up to 2TB SATA HDD

Networking:
Ethernet 10/100M

Power Control:
Additional MCU Support

Video Format:

RM/RMVB
MPEG 1/2/4 Elementary (M1V M2V M4V)
MPEG 1/2 PS (M2P MPG)
MPEG 2 Transport Stream (TS TP TRP M2T M2TS MTS)
VOB
AVI ASF WMV
Matroska (MKV)
MOV (H.264) MP4 RMP4
IFO
BD-ISO DVD-ISO
MINI BD BD-9 BD25 RBD D5 D9 DVD CD

Video Codec:
MPEG1 VCD1.0/2.0 SVCD (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
HD MPEG2 MP/HL ISO IFO VOB TS (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
HD MPEG4 SP/ASP Xvid (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
H.264 BP L3, MP L4.1,HP L4.1 (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
WMV9 VC-1 AP L3 (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
DivX3/4/5 (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
XVID SD/HD (up to 1920*1080@30P/60I or 1280*720@60P)
RM/RMVB 8/9/10 (up to 1280*720@30P)

Audio Format:
AAC M4A
MPEG audio (MP1 MP2 MP3 MPA)
WAV
OGG

Audio Codec:
MPEGI Layer 1/2/3 (2-CH) MPEGII 1/2 (Multi-Channel)
LPCM ADPCM FLAC AAC WAV OGG
DTS HD LBR
Dolby Digital Plus
RA1/RA-cook/RA-Lossless
Picture Format:
JPEG BMP PNG GIF
Subtitle Format:
SUB SRT SSA SMI IDX PGS

HDD Partition:
FAT32, NTFS

Package:
SATA Extended Cable
40-Button Remote Control
12V/2A Power Supply
AC Cable
CD-R

* With USB WIFI Dongle 802.11n
* With BitTorrent Downloader / Browser
* Visit our website for more information and firmware downloads.

http://www.amazon.com/EGREAT-EG-R1-Network-Streaming-BitTorrent/dp/B002OW7I3O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1257446412&sr=8-2

EGREAT EG-R1 screenshots:
http://ehome.multiply.com/photos/album/59/Egreat_R1_Porn_er_Screenshots#photo=1

BD/DVD Setup (SATA DVD drive supported (future support for BD Drive?))

Optical drive related settings
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7833/dsc00644kx.jpg

Roberto

Not to be outdone... ViewSonic has entered the fray under $100 with the VMP70 (holiday pricing)

http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/

An the latest offering from Asus is a Wi-Fi equipped O!Play Air HDP-R3 at not too much more, It has HDMI 1.3, composite audio/video and optical digital audio outputs and has one USB 2.0, one eSATA/USB2.0 combo port, one RJ-45 LAN port and a card reader. O!Play AIR HDP-R3 comes with 802.11n WiFi, as well as a card reader for CF, SD/MMC, Memory Sticks (MS/MS Duo) cards. and supports MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RM/RMVB video formats in most containers, including popular avi, mkv, wmv, mp4, mov and some others. It also supports most audio formats.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16231/1/